The Black Keys announced their 10th album is coming, a tribute to the blues, called ‘Delta Kream‘, and it drops May 14th. Hear the 1st track, ‘Crawling Kingsnake‘ below.
We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me, along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.”
DAN AUERBACH
“The session was planned only days in advance and nothing was rehearsed. We recorded the entire album in about 10 hours, over two afternoons at the end of the Let’s Rock tour.”
PATRICK CARNEY
The album celebrates the band’s blues roots and is a celebration of their early inspiration. The music on the album hails from Mississippi juke joints and has long left an imprint on the band’s music.
For this album, Auerbach and Carney recorded the 11 songs at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville and were joined by celebrated session musicians Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, long-time members of the bands of, amongst others, R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, who originated much of material that inspired Delta Kream. The album derives its name from an iconic photograph by William Eggleston.
TRACKLISTING:
- Crawling Kingsnake (6:09)
- Louise (4:24)
- Poor Boy A Long Way From Home (4:09)
- Stay All Night (5:44)
- Going Down South (3:49)
- Coal Black Mattie (3:48)
- Do The Romp (5:01)
- Sad Days, Lonely Nights (5:57)
- Walk With Me (5:37)
- Mellow Peaches (3:47)
- Come and Go With Me (5:55)
